Friday, March 7, 2014

Ukraine sent 23 athletes to the Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia, but only one man participated in Friday's opening ceremony. That man, biathlete Mykhailo Tkachenko, was met with a thunderous ovation when his country's name was called during the parade and he entered the stadium.

Unlike athletes from other counties who marched with beaming smiles and waves to the crowd, Tkachenko completed the parade around Fisht Stadium with a solemn expression on his face.

...Ukraine decided at the last minute to participate in the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. Although the U.S. sent 80 athletes to the games, it refused to send presidential delegation.

As for Russia, its athletes chose "Goodbye America" as its entrance song for Friday's opening ceremony.

You do realize that your self-appointed "mission" to dissuade the world's population of thinking of Americans in the way the first commenter presented is childishly absurd?

So absurd, in fact, that it calls into question any group that would even conceive of such a mission as worthwhile, yet you are doubtless proud of.

"Darth" you call yourself, yet it is the nature of the keyboard internet to re-name yourself every time you hit those keys with yet new adjectives applied to your absurdity-core identity?Insisting on an absurdity-core identity would be a step backward, every time, until you awoke sufficiently to understand that you're presenting yourself in reverse?But, of course, with a name like "Darth" .. perhaps you suggest "yourself", every time, and that IS the extent of your wit.

About my coverage of Japan Earthquake of March 11

I am Japanese, and I not only read Japanese news sources for information on earthquake and the Fukushima Nuke Plant but also watch press conferences via the Internet when I can and summarize my findings, adding my observations.

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